1880s South Dakota! Just a few weeks ago, I found out that one of my 4th great-grandfathers couldn’t settle down after the Civil War and went on years-long wanders away from his wife and kids who were in upstate NY. He spent most of the 1880s in Deadwood and ended up dying in 1889 at the Old Soldiers Home in Milwaukee, which was the nearest such home to Deadwood.
WOW what a dig,I remember the days when your dad & other family members would sit around & watch you dig,Your the only channel that digs territory bottles,which are so historical!From the beginning you have always been my favorite & always will!Great dig guys!
I love your new channel Tom! I loved watching you on the other channel too, but you seem so much more relaxed now. And also seem to be searching for and finding older sites. Love it! I wish I could do what you do, but I am fairly certain that I'd have a heart attack before getting 2 ft. down into the dirt... 😳😱😂 I'd have to have someone do the hard digging for me, until it would reach down to where the "finds" are and I'd take over. 😉 There are times that one does wish one was at least 30 yrs. younger. Weird reason for why, but hey! We've all got our quirks and stuff we'd like to do, but realize to late that, damn, why didn't I do that sooner!! 😁
Hi Tom, I don't think that tree is as happy as you are about your finds, I can almost hear it hurling abuse abuse at you for the discomfort you are giving it, some incredible finds particularly the green bottle and that beautiful lime juice bottle, cheers!!!👍👍👍💪
I have my grandma's diaries. Sometimes she mentions going to the doctor and getting "a bottle". Their house was built c. 1905, but the land had been the parade ground for the local militia in the early 1800s. My dad found some interesting buttons, a coin and a belt buckle with a metal detector. This was in sw Ontario, Canada. Wish we had thought of digging in the old back yard where they disposed of their garbage in the old days.
I love that you dig here in Yankton! The history you reveal is awesome. Look up Ben Hanton when you are here. He said he has some areas but also he knows a lot of people here in Yankton and surrounding areas.
Oh wow! I'm an avid Rockhound..but also have lived at a mid 1800s log cabin in Northern MN..where there was a pit that was used for all the household garbage from the old days. Would be a Great dig site! Gives me the itch! 😅
Keeping it fresh with Cornstarch. Thank you for sharing this great educational experience.I can clearly hear the stream I believe...I always find loads of goodies and bill payers by streams. 🤔🤫🤫
If that ivory piece has a hole in one end, I’d bet it’s a calligraphy stylus and would nibs that could be replaced when worn down from so much writing. 😀
Thank you Tom for your intelligent thoughtful commentary. Watching you is easy, I never cringe with your narrative, unlike other fellows digging (Parlor diggers etc.) channels who seem only to repeat “Dude, Dude, dude…” like some lost episode of Bill and Ted’s least amazing adventure. Refreshing to hear an interesting dialogue. Thanks
As a metal detectorist who recently got interested in bottle digging - is it worth it to detect the tailings from a old outhouse pit, too? It often seems like small objects like coins may still be hiding in the mud while larger objects like bottles are easy to recognize.
The White ceramic bowl-like object with a hole in the bottom is most likely a candle wax catcher, for tall candles. the hole is where the candle would come up through and rest at the bottom of or at the thickest part of the candle to catch dripping wax. and prevent the was from fouling table cloths or rugs/carpet or anything else. most were transparent but those were made from glass and seldom were affordable to the lower classes and also rarely survive intact. especially if they were to find their way into an outhouse pit. But yeah, they are meant to catch drippy candle wax. Beeswax candles don't need them because the wax burns clean without soot and never runs, unless it is adulterated with something else, but pure beeswax does not drip, but they didn't last as long as the regular wax candles so beeswax candles were more of a luxury item, and were popular with the wealthy because they don't produce soot, like other candles do. So if there was a long evening party at a local wealthy man's manor, they would use regular candles because they lasted longer and they would use wax catchers to deal with the dripping wax. The glass wax catchers were used especially on chandeliers, for obvious reasons.
Sounds like the camera's tripod neck needs oiling. A lot of popping going on. Some superb finds this time around. Love the more ornate bottles. Rare bottles with broken necks would look good with the neck glass cut and smoothed. That iron bar would have been interesting to see brought up. It was from that time period, so the rod had to be from a carriage or wagon. The broken white stoneware item looks like a bread basket. Those plates are amazing. Loved seeing the cleaned up items at the end. More displays of this kind would be a very welcome feature. A slideshow of the wonderful finds all nice and shiny, or pieced together, again.
Why would anybody want to put bluing in a bottle that small? Can you imagine the trick of getting it poured from the larger bottle!---What explains the ability of that label that it survived the site?---Ew, that hunk of lime, with all that occurred to make it solid. We always had a can in the outhouse, but it gets sprinkled, not dumped. Ugh!---I correctly assumed that the mucilages were used for glue purposes, which could have been used for those bottles minus their labels. I just learned, tho', that the mucilages were also beneficial for upper respiratory conditions. Learned something new today!---Makes me wonder how many pits are in the woods around our 1888 Farmstead!
The Durkee's logo is a gauntlet. Durkee's Famous Sauce is still sold in supermarkets today. Get some ham slices, cream cheese and roll them up , cut in bites and dip in the sauce. Great appetizer for any occasion 😊
From what I’ve gathered it’s definitely a parasol handle. I’ve been digging for most of my life. A lot of the information I know come from experience, online and archive research, and networking.
The prices for these things are all over the board; even the extremely rare ones are hard to gauge the value on until they sell and even then the price could vary drastically on others being there’s such a small market.
Cool, I think the stuff in this pit on the whole is the oldest I have seen you dig. I would like to see what you could dig in the old Spanish south and south west or on the north east coast.
Wonderful haul out of that pit! I keep wondering if you'd find all the pieces of the plates, etc., as well as glass stoppers and such if you sifted the dirt. Would it be worth the time and effort? I've always loved domestic history so what you bring out of the pit is fascinating to me. I just want more!
We were fairly thorough but some of the pit tunneled under the tree; we didn’t want to cut many more roots. The missing pieces are likely there somewhere though.
Oklahoma...found a medicine bottle in backyard. Very small with a smooth round lip, long neck and square body. Corn Wart Skin are the only words pressed into the glass. Anyone ever seen one like it?
Going by some odd coincidence this is not your first map found in a basement, is it? There must be so many maps in either attics and basement in the USA . But I guess when you have a population of over Three hundred million people there's bound to be a good ratio of lost maps/treasures waiting to be found and even a few old bones or I wondered where Aunty Mabel was when she never turned up for Christmas
Many of my vids reference the same map that was found in a city building downtown Yankton. It was a treasure trove of information. May as well have been a treasure map haha
